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Ministral 8B on Vercel AI Gateway

Ministral · MistralAI

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Why use Ministral 8B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Vercel AI Gateway offers Ministral 8B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.15/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.

Compare Ministral 8B across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.15
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...
Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
Model ID
mistral/ministral-8b

Request example

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mistral/ministral-8b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "mistral/ministral-8b", not the LLMReference slug "ministral-8b".
  • creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
  • The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.

Compare Ministral 8B Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
AWS Bedrock$0.10$0.10
Mistral AI Studio$0.15$0.15
Vercel AI Gateway$0.15$0.15

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.15

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Ministral 8B

Ministral 8B is MistralAI's Ministral model. It offers a 32K-token context window.

FAQ

What does Ministral 8B cost on Vercel AI Gateway?

On Vercel AI Gateway, Ministral 8B costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Ministral 8B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Ministral 8B supports a 128,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.

How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other Ministral 8B providers?

Ministral 8B is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.10/1M tokens from AWS Bedrock.

What API model ID do I use for Ministral 8B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Use the model ID mistral/ministral-8b when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.

Who created Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B was created by MistralAI as part of the Ministral model family.

Is Ministral 8B open source?

Ministral 8B is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.

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